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Title: Onboarding Designer hourly rate in California | Deftridge
Summary: Onboarding Designer pay in California: median wage $50 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $85. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024.

CA · United States · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Onboarding Designer hourly rate in California

The market median wage for an Onboarding Designer in California is **$50.29 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$85 an hour** on Deftridge, +31% against the United States rate.

**$85/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$50.29/hr** median wage

**$34-70** middle half of wages

**$1,840** a month at 5 hours a week

## Onboarding Designer wage percentiles in California

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $27.07 | $590 | $56,300 |
| 25th | $34.11 | $740 | $70,900 |
| Median | $50.29 | $1,090 | $104,600 |
| 75th | $70.17 | $1,520 | $146,000 |
| 90th | $93.71 | $2,030 | $194,900 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 44,750 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## California in numbers

What sets California apart for an Onboarding Designer, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+29%** median wage against the United States median of $38.92

- **3rd of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **44,750** people employed in the role in this place

- **$67.26** median wage in the San Jose metro area, the highest here

- **$35** country floor: no United States rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for an Onboarding Designer in California by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | $85 | $1,840 |
| Manager | $100 | $2,170 |

- One-off task **$85**

- Task bundle **$75**

## Onboarding Designer pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Onboarding Designer, highest first; 6 of 51 places shown. By median wage California ranks **3 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| District of Columbia | $51.64 | $85 |
| Wyoming | $51.02 | $85 |
| California | $50.29 | $85 |
| Washington | $48.56 | $80 |
| Delaware | $48.50 | $80 |
| Alaska | $45.86 | $75 |

## Metro areas in California

Median employee wage for the role in the metro area (BLS OEWS).

- [San Jose $67.26/hr median wage · range $49-93](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/california/)

- [San Francisco $63.72/hr median wage · range $41-87](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/california/)

- [Los Angeles $50.59/hr median wage · range $34-69](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/california/)

- [San Luis Obispo $49.10/hr median wage · range $32-83](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/california/)

- [Sacramento $49.04/hr median wage · range $34-67](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/california/)

- [Modesto $47.75/hr median wage · range $31-74](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/california/)

- [Salinas $46.48/hr median wage · range $32-64](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/california/)

- [Santa Cruz $46.20/hr median wage · range $33-65](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/california/)

- [Napa $46.03/hr median wage · range $34-67](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/california/)

- [Vallejo $45.82/hr median wage · range $32-68](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/california/)

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Onboarding Designer rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/) · [Onboarding Designer jobs in California](https://deftridge.com/jobs/onboarding-designer/california/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)